August was a good break from racing but not from karting.....It was full of lots of testing days at some of the UK's most demanding circuits......Whilton Mill, Larkhall and Crieff in Scotland......just to keep me fired up during the summer racing down period.......but now it was time to get back into race mode for the World Champs in Kristianstad, Sweden.
Kritianstad was a really difficult circuit to setup the kart for but eventually we found it in the final heat and starting in 18th position I managed to make it to 12th in the 2nd lap until I was taken out and ended up in 6th position in the second chance heat. I knew I had the speed and wanted to save my tires for the semis & final so I made just one pass in lap 5 to 5th position and stayed there to the end putting in the 2nd fastest lap of the heat (4/100ths sec slower than fastest time). Starting the semifinal in 33rd position is never easy but I knew I had to make up as many places as posssible for the final grid and the kart seemed fast enough so I just went for it and managed to gain 14 places. The final was much more difficult, starting in the middle of a field of the most capable drivers in the world its hard to make up too many places because everyone is trying to do the same thing. Neverless I managed to make up 4 more places and finish 15th while putting in the 6th fastest time in lap 18, saving those tires earlier was a good choice. Thanks again to BKC Racing, Robb Dodds & Stanislav Kavarimov for making it all possible.......a good result from a much more mature drive. Congratulations to Callum for winning the event......enjoy Bahrain and good luck at the OK Junior World Champs
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